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SLEEPY LOU. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Virginia. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Recorded by Uncle Dave Macon.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John Ashby (Va.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 132.

Recorded sources: -Front Hall FHR 024, Fennig's All Star String Band - "Fennigmania" (1981. Learned from Allan Block).

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